Sentences with phrase «subjects with severe»

Researchers at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego in the US reported that 70 per cent of research subjects with severe motion sickness had abnormalities of the vestibular system.

Other labs in the United States have focused on just a few subjects with severe paralysis (at most, three per lab) who are willing to undergo elective neurosurgery to implant long - term electrodes.

Meanwhile, for subjects with the severe contusive spinal cord injuries that would meet the criteria for inclusion in the SCiStar study, the percentage of subjects that typically develop an injury cavity would be closer to 80 %.

Not exact matches

For those unfamiliar with Westminster systems, most parliamentary votes are, as the British say, subject to the party whip: that is, members are expected to vote with the party leadership and are subject to severe retribution (such as being «de-certified» as a party - supported candidate at the next election) if they resist the whip.

Equivalent provisions under the Fair Work Act are subject to far less severe penalties, with a maximum of 60 penalty units — that is, about $ 12,600.

The recent row triggered by the decision of Michael Gove to not re-appoint the Labour Peer Baroness Morgan to a second term as the Chair of Ofsted has been subject to severe criticism, with many observers suggesting that it marks the latest instalment in a systematic purge of non-Conservative figures who head public bodies.

The renewed vigour with which the government is approaching the subject will be interpreted as a mark of how severe the overcrowding in Britain's prisons has become.

Meanwhile, other researchers are studying serum to garner clues about links between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and DNA methylation among individuals who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, gleaning information from samples on 150 service members with mild to severe TBI, along with 50 control subjects.

Neuropsychologist Justin Feinstein and his collaborators showed a group of patients with severe anterograde amnesia two series of video clips (including scenes from The Notebook and America's Funniest Home Videos) to induce sadness and happiness in their subjects.

This finding indicates that discarding data with severe movement artifact may bias MS samples such that only subjects with less - severe cognitive impairment are included in the analyses.

The «mild» classification means that symptoms did not interfere with usual functioning while a severe adverse event interferes significantly with a subject's basic daily functioning; for example, a broken finger.

Bartoshuk was surprised to find that subjects with a history of moderate to severe middle - ear infections were 62 percent more likely than the others to be obese, according to data presented at the American Psychological Association meeting in August.

In a joint project with Metabometrix, he is examining a few thousand subjects, some who have severe cases of metabolic diseases such as obesity and some who are healthy, to identify how extremes differ from the norm.

The overall prevalence of OSA was 45 %, and 21.8 % of the study subjects had severe OSA, as assessed with the apnea - hypopnea index (AHI), which indicates OSA severity based on the number of apneas (complete cessation of airflow) and hypopneas (partial cessation of airflow) per hour of sleep.

In last January's New England Journal of Medicine study, Strollo and his colleagues reported that the therapy, with a device made by Inspire Medical Systems, reduced subjects» sleep apnea events by 68 percent, from a median of 29.3 events an hour to nine an hour, basically turning severe apnea into a mild case.

In the 2008 study, the researchers also found that in subjects with autism spectrum disorder, the more subdued the response, the more severe the symptoms.

The expert review panel recommended one practice guideline based on a 2005 randomized trial that provided data to support a memory retraining protocol.12, 13 The trial enrolled 29 subjects with MS - related learning deficits and randomized them to either the control group (n = 14) or the experimental group (n = 15).13 Both groups participated in 8 «treatment» sessions, which consisted of nontraining memory tasks for the control group and the Story Memory Technique (SMT), which taught the skills of visualization and context to improve learning, for the experimental group.13 In subjects with moderately severe impairment, 88 % in the experimental group showed significant improvement in learning abilities compared with 38 % in the control group (P <.01).13 Subjects with mild impairment showed little improvement.13 On this basis, the technique used in this study was recommended by the review panel as a practice guideline for the rehabilitation of learning and memory in persons witsubjects with MS - related learning deficits and randomized them to either the control group (n = 14) or the experimental group (n = 15).13 Both groups participated in 8 «treatment» sessions, which consisted of nontraining memory tasks for the control group and the Story Memory Technique (SMT), which taught the skills of visualization and context to improve learning, for the experimental group.13 In subjects with moderately severe impairment, 88 % in the experimental group showed significant improvement in learning abilities compared with 38 % in the control group (P <.01).13 Subjects with mild impairment showed little improvement.13 On this basis, the technique used in this study was recommended by the review panel as a practice guideline for the rehabilitation of learning and memory in persons witsubjects with moderately severe impairment, 88 % in the experimental group showed significant improvement in learning abilities compared with 38 % in the control group (P <.01).13 Subjects with mild impairment showed little improvement.13 On this basis, the technique used in this study was recommended by the review panel as a practice guideline for the rehabilitation of learning and memory in persons witSubjects with mild impairment showed little improvement.13 On this basis, the technique used in this study was recommended by the review panel as a practice guideline for the rehabilitation of learning and memory in persons with MS. 12

In a separate, but somewhat related project, Cook is working with researchers from ORNL, Missouri University of Science and Technology, the University of Alberta, and private companies to develop coatings in high - pressure water jet cutting tools and severe service valves where parts are subject to abrasives and other extreme conditions.

The use of second generation antidepressants or cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT) to treat severe depression in adults is the subject of a paper published in The BMJ, with the authors reporting no difference in the effectiveness of the two treatments.

When Dr. Dean Ornish showed that plant - based diets could reverse severe heart disease, his subjects bonded by meeting in small groups to discuss dealing with many lifestyle changes.

The scientists reached the conclusion that «subjects with hypervitaminosis D (severe deficiency) are at higher risk of insulin resistance» (study).

If our case study subject was properly treated from the beginning with thyroid hormone, when her hormones began to spiral out of control, it could have prevented many of these unnecessary health complications and now severe symptoms.

Intriguingly, recent analysis in humans shows that among the Bacteroidaceae family, only a single phylotype most closely related to B. fragilis is selectively depleted in ASD children compared to matched controls, and most dramatically in those subjects with more severe GI issues (Dae - Wook Kang and Rosa Krajmalnik - Brown, personal communication).

Of the 350 test subjects, those with lower body levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a type of omega - 3 fatty acid, had more severe cases of apnea.

In addition to knee valgus, differences in certain gluteus maximus EMG parameters have been identified between younger and older subjects (Morcelli et al. 2015) and between those with and without severe hip osteoarthritis (Rutherford et al. 2015).

Obsessed with discipline, Bligh subjects his men to severe punishments for seemingly minor offenses.

A perfect storm of greater demand for teachers, fewer people entering the profession (particularly in key subjects), severe pressures on schools funding and a restrictive migration system, means that schools are having to think outside of the normal channels of recruitment to more flexible staffing models to cope with these challenges.

Schools that receive a moderate fail rating are subject to additional inspections, with an implicit threat of a downgrade to the severe fail category if inspectors judge improvements to be inadequate.

Schools that receive federal aid for disadvantaged students and that consistently fall short of the goals set under No Child Left Behind are subject to increasingly severe penalties, beginning with the bailout provision offered parents after two straight years of shortfalls in either one of the two subjects currently covered by the law: math and reading.

Pupils not able to engage in subject - specific learning — such as those with the most severe needs or degenerative conditions — will initially be assessed through seven areas of «engagement», including curiosity or persistence.

For pupils not doing subject - specific learning, often those with the most severe needs, the DfE will pilot the Rochford Review's alternative suggestions of using seven areas of cognition and learning: responsiveness, curiosity, discovery, anticipation, persistence, initiation and investigation.

At trial, the CCJEF plaintiffs put forth overwhelming evidence of severe resource deficiencies of inputs such as: academic and social intervention for at - risk students and students with special needs; guidance counselors, social workers, nurses, services for English Language Learners, music art and other subjects; and reasonable class size.

The depiction of civic virtue, honesty, and austerity became common themes of this genre and the severe composition and cold colors reflect the subject matter.This 1786 version was ordered by the Comte de Vaudreuil (depicted in the exhibition in a portrait by Elizabeth - Louise Vigée - Lebrun) and is nearly identical to the original, except that the artist added a staff with a cleft end holding wool near the feet of the women.

During this time, the islands were subjected to ongoing sea level rise and the passage of a notable typhoon... which caused severe damage with its > 100 knot winds and abnormal wave heights... caused a decrease in total island land area of approximately five percent, yet Ford and Kench write that «despite [this] significant typhoon - driven erosion and a relaxation period coincident with local sea - level rise, [the] islands have persisted and grown.»

Worked with severe to moderate special needs students one - on - one and in a group setting to reinforce learning of school subjects and life skills.

Five programs showed favorable effects in some aspect of child maltreatment reduction: (1) Child FIRST showed a favorable effect on family involvement with child protective services53; (2) Early Start on 2 measures, including the percentage who went to the hospital for accident, injury, or accidental poisoning, and parents» report of severe or very severe physical assault25, 26; (3) EHS had a favorable effect on physical punishment at 36 months66; (4) HFA showed 14 favorable impacts on measures of parenting behaviors, such as corporal punishment, self - reported serious physical abuse, and aggression, 30,50,67 — 69 and 1 measure of the biological mother as a confirmed subject of sexual abuse report by the child's seventh birthday50; and (5) NFP had favorable effects on 7 measures, including health care encounters for injuries or ingestions and substantiated abuse or neglect 15 years after program enrollment.34, 35,42,70,71 One program, Healthy Steps, showed no effect on 1 measure in this domain.65

The subjects with ADHD in the longitudinal studies generally fall into 1 of 3 main groups as young adults: (1) approximately 25 % eventually function comparably to matched normal controls; (2) the majority show continued functional impairment, limitations in learning and applying knowledge, and restricted social participation, particularly poor progress through school; and (3) less than 25 % develop significant, severe problems, including psychiatric and / or antisocial disturbance.31 It is unclear what factors determine the long - term outcomes.